High Gables Homeowners Association, Inc. and Larry Oldham have agreed to resolve their differences on mutually agreeable terms, dismissing their claims against each other, with prejudice, and with each side paying its own expenses and attorney's fees.  Oldham has agreed to pay the HOA a fine of $212.50 and to install a mailbox that he orders from Peachtree Post & Box Company.  The other agreements of the parties are as specified in a letter agreement dated May 19, 2006 entered into between the parties, a copy of which is maintained in the records of the HOA.

 

        I have included my thoughts about the settlement, which also appear in the May 28, 2006 edition of "The Latest Updates".  It is important to note that a caveat to the settlement I have reached with the purported HOA Board is that someone with the authority to settle this matter on behalf of the HOA is required to enter into the settlement with me, and the current HOA Board is in the process of trying to muster enough votes of members of the HOA to enable it to do so.  For those of you who are worried, never fear, for although the Action has ended, this saga is far from over.  I am still a member of this HOA with strong beliefs about how things should be done, and I believe I will be able to find enough support in the neighborhood to allow us to fix the existing problems in an appropriate fashion.